Police Blotter: 18 Feb 2009

Police Blotter: 18 Feb 2009

Sith Ya, 21, a prostitute, was taken to the police by a moto-taxi driver for colluding last week with her comrades to steal his motorbike while he was busy touching her. The victim, Muth Mom, 44, was staying at Wat Koh pagoda in Daun Penh district, Phnom Penh.
KAMPUCHEA THMEY

MAN KILLS SON, SELF OVER WIFE'S JOB

Khiev Sarin, 32, from Dork Por village in Siem Reap, killed his three-year-old son and committed suicide on Monday because his wife took up a job as a beer girl in Phnom Penh.
KAMPUCHEA THMEY

PORN CAFE RAIDED, 100 ARRESTED

Police on Thursday raided a cafe showing porn movies in Chamkarmon district, Phnom Penh, arresting 100 including the cafe's two female owners. Police seized 74 motorbikes and the equipment used for showing movies. All but the owners were later released with their motorbikes, but they had to pay money to the police for various reasons.
KAMPUCHEA THMEY

MAN RAPES TWO CHILDREN BY RIVER

Lorn Lon, 43, a resident of Preah Ponlea village, Banteay Meanchey province, was arrested on Monday for allegedly raping two six-year-old girls at the same time. He is said to have taken the two girls to the bank of Sangke River, tied them together and raped them He was arrested after the victims' parents reported him to police.
RASMEY KAMPUCHEA

WIFE BEATEN FOR WANTING PRESENT

An Australian man living in Battambang province hit his Cambodian wife on Saturday because he was angry with her for repeatedly asking him for a present on Valentine's Day. Police said the man's case was sent to court after his wife, Heng Puthea, 26, turned him in.
RASMEY KAMPUCHEA

DRUNK MAN DROWNS IN FISH PEN

Ngveangn Yan Srou, 42, drowned to death after getting drunk and falling into a fish pen in Meanchey district, Phnom Penh, on Sunday.
RASMEY KAMPUCHEA

WRAPPED CORPSE FOUND IN DITCH

An unidentified male body wrapped in cloth was found in a ditch in Angkor Thom commune, Siem Reap on Sunday. Police inferred by the cuts on the body that the deceased was killed somewhere else and dumped in the ditch.
RASMEY KAMPUCHEA

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